Most North Koreans in Nepal are on business (not work) visas, and the North Korean Embassy facilitates their stay and work here. The fear is that their investments could end up in the hands of the rough North Korean regime

When the news of her missing husband reached Chin’s wife, she contacted Global Rescue and asked it to mount a search and rescue. The insurer refused to help, saying her husband may have died and it was not liable (Photo : Wui Kin Chin/Facebook)

With a cat paw as its emblem, which is supplemented by its motto of ‘Leave Your Mark’, KELME is a prominent European sport merchandise company created by Diego and José Quiles of Spain in 1963. KELME products have been sold around the world since 1977

Perhaps we can make the Chinese see that American presence in Nepal predates the start of the communist rule in their country. The Americans too could be more receptive to the idea of close cooperation between two age-old neighbors

Although it has been a year since CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist) formally united to form the Nepal Communist Party, old divisions have been hard to bridge. The rifts within the Nepali Congress are older still